Term ended Apr 7, 2025 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Oct 1, 2024
Held by Global Cash Access, Inc.
Filed Oct 10, 2013 as application 14/051,156 · Granted Apr 26, 2016
Base term plus 188 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Term ended Apr 7, 2025
2004
2026
Clock starts
Oct 1, 2004
Oct 1, 2004
Term ended
Apr 7, 2025
Apr 7, 2025
Granted
Apr 26, 2016
Apr 26, 2016
base term
patent term adjustment
after the term ends
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
188
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
8
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
This patent's term runs 188 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. Confidence: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
One row per rule, each showing its own input and what it did to the date. A step we could not verify says so instead of resolving itself.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Oct 1, 2004, when application 10/956,644, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 10, 2013) | Oct 1, 2024 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +188 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 7, 2025 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Apr 7, 2025 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,556,707 | In force Jun 2028 | Jun 2028 |
| US 9,324,210 | this patent Apr 2025 | Apr 2025 |
| US 10,275,983 | Term ended Oct 2024 | Oct 2024 |
| US 10,839,647 | Term ended Oct 2024 | Oct 2024 |
| US 11,205,321 | Term ended Oct 2024 | Oct 2024 |
| US 11,488,446 | Term ended Oct 2024 | Oct 2024 |
| US 11,735,003 | Term ended Oct 2024 | Oct 2024 |
| Application 18/225,259 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Assignments
Assignment documents as recorded at the USPTO, oldest first, with the reel and frame each was recorded at. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership, and the absence of a later one is not evidence that the last one still stands.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 22, 2014 Reel 34692, frame 667 | Global Cash Access, Inc.; Multimedia Games, Inc. | Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Dec 23, 2014 Reel 34699, frame 393 | Global Cash Access, Inc.; Multimedia Games, Inc. | Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Aug 27, 2015 Reel 36501, frame 925 | Global Cash Access, Inc. | Everi Payments Inc. | Change of Name |
| May 9, 2017 Reel 42434, frame 6 | Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Collateral Agent | Everi Payments Inc.; Everi Games Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| May 9, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Collateral Agent | Everi Payments Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| May 9, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Collateral Agent | Everi Games Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| May 10, 2017 Reel 42440, frame 76 | Bank Of America, N.a. | Everi Payments Inc. (F/K/A Global Cash Access, Inc.); Everi Games Inc. (F/K/A Multimedia Games, Inc.) | Release of Security Interest |
| May 10, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Everi Payments Inc. (F/K/A Global Cash Access, Inc.) | Release of Security Interest |
| May 10, 2017 reel/frame not recorded | Bank Of America, N.a. | Everi Games Inc. (F/K/A Multimedia Games, Inc.) | Release of Security Interest |
| May 11, 2017 Reel 42484, frame 715 | Everi Games Inc.; Everi Payments Inc.; Global Payments, Inc.; Jackpot Digital Inc.; Multimedia Games, Inc., N/K/A Everi Games Inc.; Western Money Systems | Jefferies Finance LLC, as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Jul 24, 2017 Reel 43082, frame 482 | Potts, Craig; Beer, Richard | Cash Systems, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 1, 2017 Reel 43153, frame 63 | Cash Systems, Inc. | Global Cash Access, Inc. | Merger |
| Apr 24, 2020 Reel 52494, frame 463 | Everi Holdings Inc.; Everi Payments Inc.; Gca MTL, LLC; Central Credit, LLC; Everi Games Inc.; Everi Games Holding Inc.; Everi Interactive LLC | Jefferies Finance LLC, as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Aug 6, 2021 Reel 57111, frame 1 | Jefferies Fianance LLC | Every Payments Inc.; Everi Holdings Inc.; Everi Games Holding Inc.; Gca MTL, LLC; Central Credit, LLC; Everi Interactive LLC; Everi Games Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 6, 2021 Reel 57112, frame 843 | Jefferies Finance LLC | Everi Payments Inc.; Everi Games Inc.; Western Money Systems | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 6, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Fianance LLC | Every Payments Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 6, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Fianance LLC | Everi Holdings Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 6, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Fianance LLC | Everi Games Holding Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 6, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Fianance LLC | Gca MTL, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 6, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Fianance LLC | Central Credit, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 6, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Fianance LLC | Everi Interactive LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 6, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Fianance LLC | Everi Games Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 6, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Finance LLC | Everi Payments Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 6, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Finance LLC | Everi Games Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 6, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Finance LLC | Western Money Systems | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 13, 2021 Reel 57184, frame 244 | Jefferies Finance LLC | Everi Payments Inc.; Everi Holdings Inc.; Everi Games Holding Inc.; Gca MTL, LLC; Central Credit, LLC; Everi Interactive LLC; Everi Games Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignor's Name and the First Assignee's Name Previously Recorded at Reel: 057111 Frame: 0001. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Release of Security Interest. |
| Aug 13, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Finance LLC | Everi Payments Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignor's Name and the First Assignee's Name Previously Recorded at Reel: 057111 Frame: 0001. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Release of Security Interest. |
| Aug 13, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Finance LLC | Everi Holdings Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignor's Name and the First Assignee's Name Previously Recorded at Reel: 057111 Frame: 0001. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Release of Security Interest. |
| Aug 13, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Finance LLC | Everi Games Holding Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignor's Name and the First Assignee's Name Previously Recorded at Reel: 057111 Frame: 0001. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Release of Security Interest. |
| Aug 13, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Finance LLC | Gca MTL, LLC | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignor's Name and the First Assignee's Name Previously Recorded at Reel: 057111 Frame: 0001. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Release of Security Interest. |
| Aug 13, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Finance LLC | Central Credit, LLC | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignor's Name and the First Assignee's Name Previously Recorded at Reel: 057111 Frame: 0001. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Release of Security Interest. |
| Aug 13, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Finance LLC | Everi Interactive LLC | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignor's Name and the First Assignee's Name Previously Recorded at Reel: 057111 Frame: 0001. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Release of Security Interest. |
| Aug 13, 2021 reel/frame not recorded | Jefferies Finance LLC | Everi Games Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignor's Name and the First Assignee's Name Previously Recorded at Reel: 057111 Frame: 0001. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Release of Security Interest. |
| Feb 2, 2022 Reel 58948, frame 265 | Everi Holdings Inc. | Jefferies Finance LLC, as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement (SHORT-FORM) |
| Jul 1, 2025 Reel 71791, frame 236 | Jefferies Finance LLC, as Collateral Agent | Everi Holdings Inc. | Termination and Release of Patent Security Agreement Recorded at Reel 058948, Frame 0265 |
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Note
The 188 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
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